The Washington critic., 1887-10-24
NOTES AND GOSSIP.


matrons, and the Police Committee recon-
mend that the number be doubled.
THERE are thirty nigh. schools now in
operation in the city If New York, with an
average attendance in all OF over 5000.
MARY ANDERSON attended the fuueral OF
the late Dinah Mulock Craig aud placed a
basket OF exquisite exotics on her collln.
EN-PREsIpRST GowES of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad returned on satur-
day, after an eleven months stay In
Europe.
DR. WILLIAM II. HAWKES., who fitted the
Garfield boys for college, is to be married
October % to Miss Laura Tenney OF
Methuen, Mass.
In is estimated that 3G,615,O00 yards OF
silk ribbon, equivalent to about 22,700
miles, have been made in Paterson, N. j.,
during the past year.
The Union Passenger Street Railway Line
OF Richmond, which is to be run by electric
motor, will start in with forty cars, aud In
tends to make several trips between mid
night and daylight.
WHEN the Civil-Service Commissioners
fall out among themselves as to the proper
seekers be expected to have much respect
for 1t itY-[Philadelphia News.
THE city OF Charleston, having risen In
renewed beauty from her earthquake ruins,
proposes to celebrate the renaissance with
whole week full of festivities, extending
from October 81 to Novenber s.
DIR. HALL of Jacksonville, Fla, Is now
offering twenty-five acres Of good land In
Georgia and Kentucky, free OF cost, to each
of the families evicted from their homes In
Iowa; and what is most important he guar
antees the title.
The Illustrated London Ncirs for Octo.
her 22 (Americau reprint) shows the Eng.
lish view of the trial yacht race, and abounda
in artistic Illustrations OF various timely
topics. Its popularity in this country is a
foregone conclusion.
TnE Richmond, w., Times reached the
first anniversary Of Its establishment yes
eterdsy. Captain McCarty is to be congrat.
ulated upon his first twelve months sue.
cess. He is making good newspaper and
friends who appreciate it.
THE condition Of Barley Campbell now
an inmate of the Insane asylum at Middle.
town, N. Y, is improving, but he is still
far fiom complete recovery His health Is
excellent and his mind under better con
troll, but old Authorizations continue Ia
haunt him.
CHAuNcEY NJ. DErEw's private secretary
is kept busy Joking dinner dates for his
famous chief. The date q dinner Il
placed in one column, Mr.. Depew's accept.
aIce or decllnation In another, and the sub
iect upon which he is expected TO speak IL
still another. Just at rreeent the number Of
| Invitations flowing in on Mr.. Depew is very
large.-LNew York World.
| "wHY," asks Colonel T. W. Higginsor
In the current number Of the New York
Critic, ISIS not My Country tits OF Thee
| properly to be regarded as our national
hymn; the air being that known In England
and its colonies as God Save the King y 1,
Its precise origin is In doubt, but 1t is gen.
/ orally understood to have been composed
| about the time Of the Gunpowder Plot
| which occurred in 1905.
THE Philadelphia Ledger, which has re
Gently enlarged it's mechanical equipment
by the addition Of three Hoe presses, at {
cost Of Sl20, 900, appeared on Saturday ex
panded to q ten-column sheet, and though
retaining for the most part Its old dstiHc
tive features, somewhat modernized In IT.
makeup. Mr.. Childs has evidently caugh
the spirit Of the age and intends In the mat
ter OF news and other editorial excellence,
to be outdone by none OF his contempo'
raries.
"what is that, mother ~ "The rink, ny
child
The year 1t was built all the people wen
wild.
They crowded Its walls, and to muslc's glat
sound
| On furniture castors they slid themseye
found
But the Foolkiller came, with his two
handed club,
And he smote all the sliders, from gray
beard to cub
| And the building SO silent is used, as 20,
| see,
BY the Mourners' EmbalmiDg and Shrout
| Company"
| Il Rnhnrt i HurlnLln